Have you died of Beyonce' overdose yet? It's ok, me either. Queen Bey was able to take a royal
number two on the music world by releasing an album with zero promotion via ITunes
last week. The album equipped with 14 songs and 17 matching visuals, climbed
the Bilboard charts to No.1 in 3 days, went No.1 in over 100 countries
worldwide and managed to go platinum before physical copies were released in
stores. The album was able to have record breaking success without the help of retail chains Target and Amazon. They are choosing not to carry the album because the digital release of the album will "impact demand and sales projections". They must have forgot they are talking about a Beyoncé album but its fine, non IPhone owning BeyHive stans can pick up the album when they get their snow tires and Captain Crunch at Walmart.
Releasing 16 music videos at one time has its perks, people take longer
to get tired of you. And since we not tired of Beyonce yet, here are 4 of my
favorite videos from the album.
4) Blue
Since
we only get to see Miss Blue Ivy Carter’s face once a month and she’s usually
mean mugging when she is photographed, it was nice to see the 2-year-old, Jay Z
clone smile. It’s also reassuring to know that the child actually has a face,
not just a chubby cheeked profile. Queen Bey actually let us match a cute
little voice to the face this time too! Considering Bey pretty much gave free
promotion to the Costa Rican tourist industry, the visuals in this video are
worth looking at.
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Bey really focused on the beauty of Costa Rica in this vid
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| Theme of this video was "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww" |
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| She really is the perfect physical mix of Bey and Jay |
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| I loved hearing her little voice attempt to say Beyoncé at the end of the song. Awwwww |
3) Drunk In Love
Infamous
video director Hype Williams, definitely did Yonce’ justice in this video, not
that he had to try very hard. Then again, you can’t give Hype that much credit.
Beyonce wet, in a bikini is worth looking at in itself. And in real life,
everybody looks good in black and white. (Don’t believe me? Play with your
Instagram fillers). Considering whenever you put Jay and Bey in the same frame,
its camera worthy, the video is simple enough to accompany the dramatics and
eeriness of the song.
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| "Can keep yo eyes of my fatty daddy, I want you" o_o |
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| nothing sexier than water and sand in black and white |
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| "talkin all that shit in the car talkin bout you the baddest b!tch thus far" |
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| You ever notice as sexy as Beyoncé is, she still cant seem to make Jay Z look sexually appealing. Like you want to be with Jay, but you cant see yourself laying under him. |
2) Partition
The song by itself is enough to make a pimp
clutch his pearls. Though I may not have enjoyed watching this as much as a man
would, I can definitely appreciate the sexiness of this video. One thing I admire about this video is, as raunchy as the song is; the video finds its
extreme sexiness without turning into soft core porn. The burlesque inspired strip teases, curvy
shadows, and vintage European lingerie, brings a certain type of class to the
whole thing. I’d imagine that’s hard to do when you make a song about giving
fillato in the back of a limo. The effortlessness of Bey’s moves, make you believe
this is just a nightly show that she puts on for Jay Z after concerts.
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| "Man aint neva seen a booty like dis" |
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| Mrs.Carter let the freak out with this song. I wonder does Hov really call her "Peaches" in the bed. haha |
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| "Driver roll up the partition please...." |
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| This is how you be sexy and classy. |
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| ...Please not at the breakfast table Mrs. Carter ;-) |
1) Haunted
Bey was definitely bitten by the
abstract art bug with this album. Every big pop star, tries the whole
“creepy”,”scary”, “Michael Jackson Thriller” thing at least once. Rihanna did
it with Disturbia, Chris Brown in Wall to Wall, and Lady Gaga just
scares people all the time. It’s usually a hit or miss, but the visual for Haunted
is perfect in every way. Bey’s flawless
makeup and tux, the eerie imagery, the song its self is amazingly
thrilling. Now, do I completely
understand the meaning behind all the weird imagery? No. Not at all. But something about the incomprehensible
weirdness of this video just makes it cool to watch. Bey proved she can truly
do no wrong.
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| If we didn't get anything from this album, we got enough visuals of Bey's ass |
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| Naw, its ok, I don't get it either... |
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Her whole look in this video was so f**kin kick ass. Say it with me... SLLLLLLAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!
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Stalker Note (For those who are not already virtually stalking the Carters):
IG: Beyoncé
Beyoncé is available on ITunes and in stores ( not Target or Amazon because they are some haters that apparently didn't get Hov's message when he said #newrules)
Check out why Target and Amazon decided to NOT carry Bey's already platinum album.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/12/19/targets-risky-snub-of-beyonce/
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